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Edinburgh festival: Life, but not as we know it Sexbots on every sofa and Glastonbury turned into Guantánamo: the Fringe has been dabbling in a spot of futurology, writes Paul Arendt 'One way or another, we're screwed' ... Involution Britain is on the brink of nuclear war. London tube bombings are as ordinary as traffic jams. An ultra-Conservative government embraces the principles of Christian Science. Madonna has an OBE. Welcome to the future of humanity, according to the Fringe. Edinburgh can be a lonely place. Finding an original vision of the future on stage is like panning for gold in the Forth of Firth, and staged science fiction, with its potential for didacticism and high camp, is a risk not many companies are willing to take. Luckily, there are still a few brave futurologists filing reports directly from their... [read full story]
